University of Wales
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
University of Wales Welsh Prifysgol Cymru, founded 1893 through the organization of three university colleges already existing in Wales into a unified system for the purpose of degree examinations. The university presently comprises the institutions at Aberystwyth (est. 1872 as the University College of Wales), Bangor (est. 1884 as the University College of North Wales), Cardiff (est. 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire), Lampeter (est. 1822 as St. David's College, part of the university since 1971), and Swansea (added 1920, the former Swansea Technical College), as well as the Univ. of Wales College of Medicine (est. 1931 as the Welsh National School of Medicine) and the Univ. of Wales Institute (1996) at Cardiff and the Univ. of Wales College (1996) at Newport.
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